[hole_n_one]

Let's see.....

A billion bugs flying amok vs. SoCal's fires, floods and earthquakes.

I Love LA!!!

[SittinYonder]

But they are known for mating calls that produce a din that can overpower ringing telephones, lawn mowers and power tools.

We get cicadas every year. Some years it's the 17-year cicada, some years the 13-year cicada, but they show up in late May, early June every year. And they make a terrible racket. I actually enjoy hearing them every year.

[dighton]

These flying insects live only about 30 days as adults, and their main goal will be mating.

Not sure I blame them.

[SittinYonder]

Birds, squirrels and pets, especially dogs, love to eat them, and they are high in protein

There's nothing my wife likes to hear better than our dog crunching on a cicada ... LOL

[sageb1]

“A single male’s shrill courtship call can reach 90 decibels, which is equivalent to a kitchen blender.”

I hate those danged things. I remember plugging my ears when I was a kid to drown out the sound.

[The Worthless Miracle]

I secretly hate those things.

[dighton]

A billion bugs flying amok vs. SoCal's fires, floods and earthquakes. I Love LA!!!

It’s one damned bug or another.

[silver charm]

http://biology.clc.uc.edu/steincarter/recipes.htm

oooo look........yummy recipes!

Time to invite the inlaws over.

[Cobra64]

[HisKingdomWillAbolishSinDeath]

[nathanbedford]

These flying insects live only about 30 days as adults, and their main goal will be mating.

they are clumsy

A single male’s shrill courtship call can reach 90 decibels, which is equivalent to a kitchen blender.

But they are known for mating calls that produce a din that can overpower ringing telephones, lawn mowers and power tools.

sounds like teenagers to me

[I still care]

My toddlers were fascinated with these things. They buzz around the ground in circles when they get older and can’t fly.

On long Island the yearly cicadas made a racket every august and july. At night you hear them whirring in the trees. When I moved, I actually missed them.

[FreedomCalls]

Countdown until someone claims all the extra cicadas this year is a result of global warming...

10, 9, 8, 7, ...

[endthematrix]

There for a big COLD surprise. It’s like 45 degree lows here!

[Rastus]

After 17 years underground, billions of cicadas emerging

Let's legalize 'em.

[School of Rational Thought]

If they could import the bugs to California you could have roasted bugs.

[Gamecock]

Do they eat bees?

[GOP Poet]

Man do I hear THAT!!!!

[leadpenny]

1974. 1991. Heads up, Ft. Knox. Your turn again next year.

[upchuck]

Sex every seventeen years.

Story of my life :)

[Just another Joe]

They also come out in Missouri, it's not just states east of the Mississippi anymore. Apparently they have made the westward ho move.

I remember the last emergence of the 13 AND 17 year broods in Missouri. At least that's what the news told us.
It was deafening. You could be driving down Highway 13, with the windows up, the stereo blaring, and still hear them from the trees on the sides of the highway.